Meaning of EXTRAVAGANCE
| Pronunciation: | | ik'stravuguns
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- [n] excessive spending
- [n] the trait of spending extravagantly
- [n] something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
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| | Synonyms: | | high life, highlife, lavishness, luxury, prodigality, prodigality, profligacy |
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| | See Also: | | dissipation, improvidence, indulgence, self-indulgence, shortsightedness, waste, wastefulness | |
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| | Definition: | | Extravagance
New York City at the end of the 20th century alternates with London in the 1690s in this novel about high finance. Only the setting changes, as the same story is told in two time periods, illustrating the uncanny similarities between the 17th and 20th centuries, and the truth of the idea that greed is a universal human quality. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*trav"a*gance\, n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See
{Extravagant}, and cf. {Extravaganza}.]
1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally
from the usual way, course, or limit.
2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond
bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess;
especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and
superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of
anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.
Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry
vengeance on me for their extravagance. --Dryden.
The income of three dukes was enough to supply her
extravagance. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion;
waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.
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